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Priory Lane, Dunfermline Bowling Club Pavilion, Including Boundary Wall 56°04′06″N 3°27′35″W / 56.068327°N 3.459811°W / 56.068327; -3.459811 ( Priory Lane, Dunfermline Bowling Club Pavilion, Including Boundary
The surname derives from the lands of Primrose in the parish of Dunfermline, Fife. [2] The farmstead stood at the junction of Grange Road and Primrose Lane in what is now a housing estate in the town of Rosyth. The name itself may come from the Pictish words *pren, "tree", and *ros, "moor", or the first element may be *prim, "first". [3]
Dunfermline is the principal shopping centre serving the western area of Fife and is the region's second largest town centre by floorspace. [70] Retailing accounts for 18% of the total number of jobs in the town. [64] A BID (Business Improvement District) scheme for the town centre has been in operation since 2009.
Dunfermline Palace is a ruined former Scottish royal palace and important tourist attraction in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. It is currently, along with other buildings of the adjacent Dunfermline Abbey , under the care of Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument .
Domesday Book of 1086 records the town as Middleton Terra Regis (Royal lands) the Kings town of Kent. It is noted as a town and a port of wealth, which William the Conqueror took into his personal possession and then gave into the hands of his half-brother Odo for safe keeping, also appointing a portreeve, Hugh de Port, to preside over the town ...
Windsor Estate, Berkshire The Crown The Prince and Princess of Wales: Located in Windsor Home Park, close to Windsor Castle Frogmore Cottage: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (Vacant as of June 2023) Part of the Crown Estate: Royal Lodge: The Duke of York: Leased from the Crown Estate: Bagshot Park: Bagshot, Surrey, England The Duke and Duchess ...
The Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle is in charge of Windsor Castle in England on behalf of the sovereign. The day-to-day operations are under the Superintendent, who is an officer of the Master of the Household's Department of the Royal Household. The Constable receives no salary, but has a residence in the Castle.
Dunfermline Abbey. The Benedictine priory was raised to the rank of an abbey in 1128 by David II, with Prior Geoffrey in place as the first abbot. [2] [3] During the course of several decades, the abbey gained power and wealth in Dunfermline with the dedication of 26 altars being gifted by the individuals and guilds and the bishop of Dunfermline controlled a large piece of land from Moray to ...